Job Title: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Historic Preservation.

Pay/Hours/Benefits: The advertisement does not provide any details as to pay or benefits, but does make clear that this is a full-time tenure track/tenured appointment position.

Work Location/s: University of Pennsylvania: Weitzman School of Design, 210 S 34th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled.

Brief Description: 

The Department of Historic Preservation at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, welcomes applications for an Assistant, Associate, or full Professor to conduct graduate-level instruction, advising, and research in architectural conservation.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses at the graduate level, including the introduction to architectural conservation principles and practices (including laboratory-based analysis), specialized seminars focused on particular material types and conservation issues, applied courses (studios or workshops) using field-based learning, and/or other courses that suit the candidate’s research. The position also includes leadership of the architectural conservation lab for teaching and research, advising of master’s students, and the possibility of supporting doctoral students in allied departments.

The new faculty member will also participate in and cultivate their own funded research projects, supported through the Department’s research center, the Preservation Research Collaborative, and other centers at the School and University. Future opportunities may exist to take on leadership responsibilities in the Department and/or Preservation Research Collaborative.

This position is a tenure-track or tenured appointment at the Assistant, Associate, or full Professor level, with responsibilities for teaching, research, practice, and service. Rank determined based on review of experience.

Contact Info/Link to Online Application: 

Applicants should submit a cover letter that succinctly describes their agenda for research, scholarship, and practice; a curriculum vitae; two recent publications or writing samples; a teaching statement that addresses the above teaching expectations; and the names and contact information for three references who may be contacted at a later date.

Applications should be addressed to Chair, Search Committee.

Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled. The position will begin on July 1, 2027, and the selected candidate will be expected to begin teaching in fall 2027.

Questions should be directed to Micah Dornfeld, Department Coordinator, Historic Preservation, at: micahdor@design.upenn.edu.

To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/187657